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That Spicy Green Paste Next to Your Sushi Is Probably Not Wasabi
I’ll take an unagi roll, some tuna nigiri, and a side of lies, please. The dab of spicy green paste that accompanies your sushi may go by the name wasabi, but it’s actually something else entirely. What we call wasabi is almost always just a mix of horseradish, mustard, and a bit of green dye. Because of similarities in their chemical compounds, which you can see detailed below in a new video from the American Chemical Society’s Reactions series, horseradish makes a less-spicy (but passable) substitute for wasabi. Why aren’t sushi restaurants just serving the real thing?
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Almost Every Kind of Wild Fish Is Infected with Worms
Ever have a nice meal at a fancy restaurant, plop down $75 for a seafood dinner, then get home and open the container of leftovers to see worms wriggling out of your fillet? Maybe (hopefully) this has never happened to you. But the current commitment to local, wild, and unprocessed seafood may be making that more likely.“I got sea bass and just looked at my leftovers and THEY ARE CRAWLING WITH WORMS ALIVE WORMS.” Even without the text in all all caps, it was clear from the midnight text my friend, a local food writer, was freaked out—freaked out enough that she called a medical hotline which recommended she go to...
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Stop eating sushi. Immediately
Healthy, convenient and increasingly popular over the past few years, sushi has become as common a cuisine in the UK as Indian or Chinese. It’s a staple lunch-choice for city-workers all over the country and you’re never far from a restaurant or supermarket selling the traditional Japanese delicacy. But it turns out sushi may not be as wholesome a choice as we previously thought – leading biologists have warned that it is in fact harming both the environment and our health.
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Wasabi served at most sushi restaurants is not what you think it is
The vast majority of wasabi consumed in America is simply a mix of horseradish, hot mustard, and green dye.
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Popularity of sushi has brought rise in parasitic infections, warn doctors
From nigiri to temaki, sushi has boomed in popularity in the west, but now doctors are warning of a less appetising trend: a rise in parasitic infections. A team of doctors from Portugal raised concerns after a 32-year old man was admitted to hospital complaining of pain in his abdomen just below his ribs, vomiting and had a slight fever, all of which had lasted for a week.
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Visit Tsukiji, a ‘Great Wonder of the World,’ While You Still Can
Japan’s iconic fish market is still booming after 82-years—for now. By Shoko Oda. .
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Yokai Sushi and Other Imaginative Illustrations of Demons
These yokai sushi look they’re about to jump off your plate. A Japanese illustrator who goes by the pen-name Hanabiyori Tatami imagined these ghoulish creations, bringing various different types of sushi to life by imbuing them with yokai, a class of supernatural demons found in Japanese folklore.
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The Wasabi You Eat Probably Isn’t Wasabi
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German triathlete banned from Japanese buffet restaurant after gobbling up 100 plates of sushi
A German triathlete has been banned from dining at a sushi buffet restaurant in the south-eastern city of Landshut, after he gobbled up 100 plates of food. Mr Jaroslav Bobrowski, 30, follows a special diet where he fasts for 20 hours at a stretch before eating till he is full, reported German news website The Local last Friday (Sept 14).
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